diff --git a/lib/data/json.js b/lib/data/json.js
index ef53c6bc4..81c1f70f8 100644
--- a/lib/data/json.js
+++ b/lib/data/json.js
@@ -206,14 +206,15 @@ const submissionToOData = (fields, table, submission, options = {}) => new Promi
       if (fieldPtr != null) {
         if (getBranchState(fieldStack, table) === 1) {
           const dataPtr = ptr(dataStack);
+          const { name, type } = fieldPtr;
           // we have a value and a place to put it. preprocess it if necessary and write.
-          if ((fieldPtr.type === 'structure') || (fieldPtr.type === 'repeat')) {
+          if ((type === 'structure') || (type === 'repeat')) {
             // do nothing.
-          } else if (fieldPtr.type === 'int') {
-            dataPtr[fieldPtr.name] = parseInt(text, 10);
-          } else if (fieldPtr.type === 'decimal') {
-            dataPtr[fieldPtr.name] = parseFloat(text);
-          } else if (fieldPtr.type === 'geopoint') {
+          } else if (type === 'int') {
+            dataPtr[name] = parseInt(text, 10);
+          } else if (type === 'decimal') {
+            dataPtr[name] = parseFloat(text);
+          } else if (type === 'geopoint') {
             // all formats require this parsing/formulation:
             const [ lat, lon, altitude ] = text.split(/\s+/g).map(parseFloat);
             if ((lat == null) || (lon == null)) return;
@@ -222,13 +223,18 @@ const submissionToOData = (fields, table, submission, options = {}) => new Promi
             if ((altitude != null) && !Number.isNaN(altitude)) coordinates.push(altitude);
 
             if (options.wkt === true) // well-known text format:
-              dataPtr[fieldPtr.name] = `POINT (${coordinates.join(' ')})`;
+              dataPtr[name] = `POINT (${coordinates.join(' ')})`;
             else // geojson is the default:
-              dataPtr[fieldPtr.name] = { type: 'Point', coordinates };
+              dataPtr[name] = { type: 'Point', coordinates };
+          } else if (type === 'dateTime') {
+            // patch a case where jr/collect outputs eg +07 as the tz, but most
+            // specs require +07:00
+            const trimmed = text.trim();
+            dataPtr[name] = /[+-]\d\d$/.test(trimmed) ? trimmed + ':00' : trimmed;
           } else {
             // we have to account for multiple text events for the same field,
             // since for whatever reason entities decode into their own text events.
-            dataPtr[fieldPtr.name] = (dataPtr[fieldPtr.name] || '') + text;
+            dataPtr[name] = (dataPtr[name] || '') + text;
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/test/unit/data/json.js b/test/unit/data/json.js
index ac05a94be..ff6afdaf0 100644
--- a/test/unit/data/json.js
+++ b/test/unit/data/json.js
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ describe('submissionToOData', () => {
       decimal: { name: 'decimal', type: 'decimal' },
       geopoint: { name: 'geopoint', type: 'geopoint' },
       geopointNoAlt: { name: 'geopointNoAlt', type: 'geopoint' },
+      dateTime: { name: 'dateTime', type: 'dateTime' },
+      dateTimeWhitespace: { name: 'dateTimeWhitespace', type: 'dateTime' },
+      dateTimeCorrect: { name: 'dateTimeCorrect', type: 'dateTime' },
       text: { name: 'text', type: 'text' },
       other: { name: 'other', type: 'other' }
     };
@@ -58,6 +61,11 @@ describe('submissionToOData', () => {
         <decimal>3.14</decimal>
         <geopoint>4.8 15.16 23.42</geopoint>
         <geopointNoAlt>11.38 -11.38</geopointNoAlt>
+        <dateTime>2019-01-01T00:00:00.000-08</dateTime>
+        <dateTimeWhitespace>
+          2019-01-01T00:00:00.000-08
+        </dateTimeWhitespace>
+        <dateTimeCorrect>2019-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00</dateTimeCorrect>
         <text>hello</text>
         <other>what could it be?</other>
       </data>`);
@@ -69,6 +77,9 @@ describe('submissionToOData', () => {
         decimal: 3.14,
         geopoint: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [ 15.16, 4.8, 23.42 ] },
         geopointNoAlt: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [ -11.38, 11.38 ] },
+        dateTime: '2019-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00',
+        dateTimeWhitespace: '2019-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00',
+        dateTimeCorrect: '2019-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00',
         text: 'hello',
         other: 'what could it be?'
       }]);